Our Mission

We are committed to provide high quality technical translations. Every text we work on, will receive as much attention as you have given to the original. We promise a final product that accurately reflects the original text.

Our industry experience and up to date knowledge of the EU-regulations give us all the tools and qualifications we need for your translation project and will give you the peace of mind that your translation needs are in competent hands!

Our Story

Katrien Van den Broeck
Katrien Van den Broeck

Firefinch was founded by Katrien Van den Broeck and is located in Ohio, USA. Katrien is a Dutch native speaker, born and raised in Belgium. In 2008 she relocated to Ohio with her family and started as a freelance translator in 2014.


She holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Science, Chemical Engineering with specialization in Process-Technology. In Belgium she always worked in bilingual work environments - initially as a Development Engineer in the Research and Development department of a chemical company with headquarters in the United States. And afterwards as a project engineer for an engineering consultancy and project management firm.


Katrien has expertize knowledge of the European Safety, Health and Environmental regulations. She closely follows legislative developments for the European Union and ECHA-guidelines regarding REACH, CLP, ADR, ADN, ATEX, CE-marking. This knowledge is a must to provide accurate translations of safety data sheets that are compliant with the regulations. Having a master’s degree in engineering Katrien has a broad knowledge of different fields and can quickly familiarize herself with new subjects. She always performs her research to ensure correct use of terminology known and used in the sector.

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